February 28, 2011

0:01 — an incomprehensible sign — "Ethics trumps 'values' — taped to the "Forward" statue.
0:40 — police food
0:49 — a 91-year-old woman in a wheelchair wants to kick Scott Walker's butt
1:13 — a woman asks to get in to talk to her representative
2:21 — a cop who was sent down from "north of Eau Claire" on his day off
3:25 — a "legal observer" who flew in from D.C. explains his function
5:02 — the protest has an "honor guard" — firefighters — and the crowd chants "let them in
6:17 — listen closely for "I lost a nut"
6:35 — Meade and I got a kick out of the reactions of that one firefighter
6:55 — one speaker edges toward incitement and back again
7:35 — "It's the chanting that shows how powerful we are in our voices."
8:23 — "Does anybody have a great idea?"
8:50 — I think he's told to tone it down
9:50 — a new chant

This development (the removal of the protestors from the capitol building) greatly improves my mood. I was really got depressed Sunday night when I read the the deadline for the removal came and went. I am quite sure that if this was a Tea Party group occupying a state capitol in a "blue" state, (say Mass.) that in that case on Sunday night the cops would clear the building with tear gas and swinging nightsticks, cracking heads left and right. The double standard applied to Tea Party protests vs these leftist 1960's wanna-be's is disgusting. So anyway, I feel much better and more optimistic now about the whole situation. The pinko's have shot their wad and now the state can get back to business.

It cracks me up to hear teacher union speakers refer to the students. I taugt school in a non-union state for a while. The parents were AWOL, the Admin worked their asses off, the kids were tough but rewarding, the teachers were miserable. I left before I turned into one of them.

It's so awesome that people in the position of authority - cops and fireman - support the striker's and are "friendly" towards them. So I guess the "people" - those who pay the taxes and their salaries - are at risk if they cross them. Or disagree. Or stuff like that.

Why do Black people hate Madison so much? Do you crackers smell bad or what? It may be that these people seem to have no soul. That will scare off people of color. Everyone knows the zombies always kill the colored folk first.

I see garage is working his way through the Five Stages of Political Grief.

It started with Denial:

The state has turned on Walker no matter what happens. The polling this morning was just brutal, and that's why he's going on TV tonight. Epic failure.

In short order he moved on to Anger:

Keep defending this douchebag, I would expect nothing less.

Garage skipped over Bargaining, but fortunately our reliable local leftie "Former Law Student" was there to cover for him:

Walker could ask that the union busting bill be tabled or amended. He alone keeps the Democratic senators away.

And now it is time for Depression:

Bolt the windows, let the lobbyists in, deny access to a hundred firefighters and hundreds of other taxpaying citizens. The New Wisconsin Way. Don't trip over that leash though from the Capitol across the street to the new Koch Industies Inc office.

Hopefully garage -- and the other resident leftists as well -- will be able to fight their way through to Acceptance soon. It is sad to have to witness this public spectacle.

The key to understand Wisconsin politics is contained in the clue, "Ethics trump values". That may be a coded reference to the secret Three-Cheese Commission which has always run Wisconsin. When ethics trumps values, then values beat bribery, and then bribery destroys ethics. This is done with the hand motions of the rock/paper/scissors game, until the members understand how they are to vote. If that fails, then chant power slogans until the Capitol Dome falls down.

I see garage is working his way through the Five Stages of Political Grief.

Most GOP plans are always unpopular to the public. And this one isn't any different. The polls show very weak support for Walker is trying to do. Locking down the Capitol, bolting the windows for fucks sake, and cutting off wi-fi for no reason the day before a budget address isn't a sign of strength.

But keep fighting that losing fight! I'm sure there are many Republican candidates available in in the next Presidential election that can win on an anti-union message in critical pick-up union states like WI IN, OH, PA, NJ, etc. This is all going according to plan!

The question remains: If the Rapists and Arsonists started a union, would the cops and firemen "stand in solidarity" with them?

If murder were legal, wouldn't that improve the economic output of the hitman and bodyguard industries?

You pinheads don't want to appear anti-small business, now, do you?

You Greedy Old Prostitutes are just beginning to see the limits of your own shortsightedness. It's as if denying your lackadaisical oversight while running the nation's economy into the ground wasn't shameless enough.

So when do hitmen and bodyguards get to join the SBA? I mean, how much of a banana republic do we have to wait for the Greedy Old Prostitutes (GOP) to turn us into until they are a politically significant component of the small business-owning contingent of the GOP?

Most GOP plans are always unpopular to the public. And this one isn't any different.

You confuse me with someone who cares about the Republican Party's prospects. If you're looking for a mindless partisan, look in a mirror.

The Republican Party is a means to an end. The government spends too much -- more than could ever possibly be collected via taxation, even if taxation was the smart way to go. That means either (a) spending cuts or (b) eventual government collapse.

If picking (a) means the Republicans lose an election or two, hey -- nobody said being a grown-up was easy.

Ah the loons are back out in force.....Garage,What is it like living in your own twisted reality? Still can't grasp the level of your losses last November? I know it hurts but get used to it. Those polls you are quoting? CBS? AHAHA. Internals have Dems plus 10! Like you they forgot about the last election too! Plus very very high percentages of respondents who have union family members or public workers in their households. Believe the poll all you want....it's all you've got.PPP- another democratic polling firm! The other? Based in Washington DC. LOL! The protesters are looking like raging lunatics and the media will do all they can to spin it so that ignorant people like you will keep in line!

Garage,Chew on this......most of those critical union states you mentioned just turned red in the last election and all are weakening the unions. I'd say the next elections will look quite different that what's in your imagination...

Why do the leftists here suck so badly? I mean, this thing's even got Madison Man calling up nonexistent state constitution quotes (in another thread).

It's really simple, people. When workers organize in the private sector, it's people trying to get a bigger slice of revenue from owners. Where does that revenue come from? Sales of the stuff the workers make.

When public sector employees organize, it's people trying to get a bigger slice of revenue from government. Where does that revenue come from?

I love unions. I'm a big fan. My grandmother worked in the shoe factory and it was hard and dangerous and she was underpaid. However, unions are done. They won. They got everything they wanted and 10,000 percent more. That shoe factory went out of business a long time ago.

There is no fundamental right to strike against taxpayers, particularly when your cushy life and full health care and retirement benefits are so far superior to what most taxpayers have.

Gravy train is over. The host body did all it could but now the leeches will have to go.

The timing of getting rid of the lefties from the Capitol building is a bit suspicious. Could it be the awol Dem senators are returning tomorrow? The timing would be right because it would prevent big layoffs. By clearing the capitol building, it makes it less dangerous for the returning awol Dem senators.

BTW, here is an interesting link about Ken Strasma:http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/129/all-politics-is-micro.html

At the time the story was written, Ken "focused on microtargeting as research director of the National Committee for an Effective Congress, a progressive lobbying group. He now heads targeting efforts for Barack Obama's campaign.".

It seems likely that Ken is quite partisan and will do the tricks necessary to produce results that will support his lefty politics.

Great point by somebody that conservatives, libertarians, strict constitutionalists, etc don't vote Republican because we love the Republican party. Many (most?) of us don't have high regard for the Republican party but it is the only alternative to the profoundly corrupt, cynical, undemocratic "Democrats".

BTW, shouldn't Wisconsin Democrats change the name of their party to something other than Democrat since they refuse to allow democracy to happen (violating the Wisconsin constitution in the process)?

Wow watching the leftards here lose their shit in these threads is great fun.

The proclamations of their superiority based on a popularity which doesn't exist and open calls to mob rule are striking in their unwitting honesty that the only principle important to them is the will to power.

Nevermind that they lost the last election. The will of the people means nothing to garage and the neo-communist fellow-travellers.

And we see also how they really "support the troops" by saying nasty things about crippled vets who may or may not disagree with their politics.

Classy! Oh that and the narcissism. Can't forget the rank narcissism.

Keep talking, sour-faced commies, you only reveal the ugly truth about the left being filled with hate and bile for freedom and democracy every time you post.

The police at the protest have catering.The legal observer says "like" a lot and cannot answer a simple legal question such as whether occupying a building is a first amendment right.The keynote speaker does not know any chants or have any idea on what to do next.

Incorporation is the forming of a new corporation (a corporation being a legal entity that is effectively recognized as a person under the law). The corporation may be a business, a non-profit organization, sports club, or a government of a new city or town. This article focuses on the process of incorporation; see also corporation.

As for buying "shares" in said governments, currency and bonds are the equivalent.

Seriously, how hard do you have to be to prove yourselves this moronic?